The 90 Best Rap Albums of the '90s

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  1. Nas, Illmatic
  2. The Chronic
  3. The Low End Theory
  4. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
  5. Ready to Die
  6. Enter the Wu-Tang...
  7. Reasonable Doubt
  8. ATLiens
  9. The Infamous
  10. All Eyez on Me
  11. Mr. Scarface Is Back
  12. Business As Usual
  13. Music to Driveby
  14. Lil Kim, Hard Core
  15. Master P, Ghetto D
  16. No Need for Alarm
  17. Return of the Boom Bap
  18. 187 He Wrote
  19. Enta Da Stage
  20. Mystic Stylez
  21. Mecca & The Soul Brother
  22. It Was Written
  23. Livin' Proof
  24. Harlem World
  25. Hell on Earth
  26. Stunts, Blunts, & Hip-Hop
  27. SlaughtaHouse
  28. Things Fall Apart
  29. Sex Packets
  30. Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life
  31. Coast II Coast
  32. Adrenaline Rush
  33. Firing Squad
  34. Guerilla Warfare
  35. Quik Is the Name
  36. No Way Out
  37. The Sun Rises...
  38. On Top of the World
  39. Dah Shinin'
  40. Check Your Head
  41. E. 1999 Eternal
  42. One for All
  43. Southernplaya...
  44. Ironman
  45. In a Major Way
  46. Capital Punishment
  47. 93 'til Infinity
  48. It's Dark...
  49. Street Level
  50. Wanted: Dead or Alive
  51. Resurrection
  52. Mama Said Knock You Out
  53. Daily Operation
  54. Fear of a Black Planet
  55. The Slim Shady LP
  56. De La Soul Is Dead
  57. The War Report
  58. Breaking Atoms
  59. Efil4zaggin
  60. In God We Trust
  61. Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
  62. 400 Degreez
  63. Liquid Swords
  64. Ridin' Dirty
  65. 2001
  66. We Can't Be Stopped
  67. The Score
  68. AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
  69. Muddy Waters
  70. Soul Food
  71. Me Against the World
  72. OutKast, Aquemini
  73. The Diary
  74. The Miseducation...
  75. Ride II The Pharcyde
  76. Hard to Earn
  77. 7 Day Theory
  78. Buhloone Mindstate
  79. Cypress Hill
  80. Midnight Marauders
  81. Death Certificate
  82. Life After Death
  83. Doggystyle

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